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This shoe was found abandoned at the New York headquarters of Conde Nast, which publishes Vogue and Vanity Fair, yesterday having accidentally become wedged in the escalator.

Rather than snap off, the heel of the £430 shoe instead temporarily broke the escalator, bringing the entire thing to a standstill.

Katie Turrel, the company’s director of talent acquisition, discovered the shoe and posted this photo on instagram with the caption: ‘#louboutin breaks the Conde escalator! #onlyatcondenast #loubgate’.

(Picture: Instagram/Katie Turrel)

The owner was eventually found after shoe designer Nareesha McCaffrey came forward to claim the missing shoe.

Ms McCaffrey, who is engaged to The Wanted’s Silva Kaneswaran, wrote on her instagram: ‘I left you guys a souvenir. RIP my @louboutinworld it just died at the Condé Nast.’

(Picture: Nareesha McCaffrey)

(Picture: Nareesha McCaffrey )

The 26-year-old was eventually able to retrieve the shoe, albeit with the red bottom a little ruffled.